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    [ Created: 2021-12-08 21:24:10  Updated: 2021-12-10 14:20:27   Owner: rl ]
Title: Something Good tainted with something Evil    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and you shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. - Act 1:8
We are Weak in the Flesh but by the Power of the HolySpirit we can do all things. At the top of the list of 'all things' is spreading the Gospel of Salvation by GraceThroughFaith.

Jesus did not say you will Receive Tongues or Gifts. He said you will Receive Power to be Witnesses unto Him. Tongues and Gifts are for the Church which is the BodyOfChrist.

1) Pentecostals typically have a preoccupation with Tongues and Gifts over a desire and willingness to Disciple others.
2) Pentecostals also tend to be Arrogant about the HolySpirit - i.e. who has Received Him and who hasn't.

This is the taint that is on Pentecostalism. Both 1) and 2) are Satanic in origin because they are Divisive.

Since I am a Pentecostal and Speak with Tongues I am not casting any kind of aspersion at the HolySpirit. My comments are directed at those who are SpiritFilled and yet Prideful and Unloving.

God does not force anyone to Receive anything from Him. Neither Salvation, nor Healing, nor SpiritBaptism are forced upon people.

God Speaks His Commands in His Word and responds to those who Receive it. He does not chase Unbelievers or those who are Disobedient.

Churches, whether Pentecostal or not, which make demands on Believers are not supported by the HolySpirit. They do these things by man, which is to say, by the inspiration of Satan.

The passages below from Phi 2:1-3 speak to the high importance of Unity.

If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, - Phi 2:1
There is Consolation InChrist.
There is Comfort of Love InChrist.
There is Fellowshuo of the Spirit InChrist.
There is Mercy InChrist.
Fulfil you my joy, that you be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. - Phi 2:2
When we are all on the same page, we can be in Unity, which is to have one Mind. We experience Joy in Unity. We experience Peace in Unity. We experience Love in Unity.
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. - Phi 2:3
Do everything as unto the Lord and not for accolades which only feed Pride. Honour others more than you Honour yourself. Do not say or do anything to break the Unity that is InChrist by His HolySpirit.

These things I command you, that you love one another. - Joh 15:17

Here is typically what happens when a person or Church or Denomination elevates Dogma above the HolySpirit.

  1. They focus on the point of disagreement.
  2. They know they must Love their brothers InChrist.
  3. They allow the disagreement to undermine their Love.
  4. They conclude that the person or Church or Denomination is really not Christian (not Saved),
  5. They are now justified for not Loving.
  6. They cut off Fellowship with them.

And that is how Division is accomplished by Satan working in the lives of Believers.

Therefore you are inexcusable, O man, whoever you are that judge: for wherein you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you that judge do the same things. - Rom 2:1
Our Focus is not to Condemn but to set Free.
Who are you that judge another man's servant? to his own master he stands or falls. Yes, he shall be held up: for God is able to make him stand. - Rom 14:4
At the end of the day, no one is Responsible to you. They are Responsible to Christ Jesus their Master.
Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way. - Rom 14:13
We are all the same in our NewSpirit. We are all different in our Souls. That which is important is of the HolySpirit. Our Minds must be Transformed in order to manifest the MindOfChrist. Until then we are apt to be judgmental and critical causing others to stumble and creating Division.
Now I beseech you, brothers, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which you have learned; and avoid them. - Rom 16:17
DisUnity is of Satan and it cannot be tolerated. Doctrinal displutes undermine the Body.
Now I beseech you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. - 1Co 1:10
We all differ on nuances of the Faith. These nuances ought not be emphasized. Rather we ought to Focus on and Revel in our CommonFaith. When we do we can Worship in Unity. When we don't there will be Divisions.
For you are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are you not carnal, and walk as men? - 1Co 3:3
A person whose Soul that has not been Transformed by the renewing of their Mind cannot help but be CarnalMinded. Paul says 'you yet Carnal' with the implication that we are to move away from Carnality into Spirituality. If we do not, we will be instigators of Strife and Divisions.
For first of all, when you come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. - 1Co 11:18
We are supposed to 'come together' when we come together. However, if we come together in the Flesh there will be Divisions. We must come together in Spirit so that we can Worship God in Spirit and in Truth.